Thursday 11/29/18 thread for free handicapping service plays and expert predictions for NCAAFB, NFL & NBA games.
Jeff Allen
Thursday's Free Selection is on the Vancouver Canucks
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Mike Wynn
Free Play: Free Troy -4½ Over Austin Peay
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Jim Feist
Jim Feist's Comp Pick, Thursday, November 29, 2018
11/29 04:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET
CB (507) ALABAMA VS (508) CENTRAL FLORIDA
Take: (508) CENTRAL FLORIDA
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Totals4U
Thursday's Free Selection: Georgia Southern/Arizona under 152 1/2
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Roz Wins
Roz's Thursday, November 29, 2018, Free Pick
11/29 07:35 PM NBA (503) LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS VS (504) SACRAMENTO KINGS
Take : Clippers
Atlantic Sports
Thursday's Free Selection from Atlantic Sports: Boston Bruins - 180
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#1 Sports
Thursday's Free Selection: Santa Barbara Gauchos - 7 1/2
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from Platinum Plays
Free Pick: the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos -7½ over Sacramento St
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Sharp Bettor
SharpBettor FREE Play for Thursday, November 29, 2018
11/29 05:20 PM NFL (301) NEW ORLEANS SAINTS VS (302) DALLAS COWBOYS
Take : UNDER
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Easy Money Sports
Lee's Thursday Free Selection Is
Arizona -9½
Nevada Sharpshooter
Your free winner for Thursday: Take ALABAMA/CENTRAL FLORIDA OVER the total of 135
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Ray Chadwick
Thursday's comp play will be for the points to add up in Arlington to an Over when New Orleans and Dallas meet to open the Week 13 NFL slate.
New Orleans and MVP-candidate Drew Brees have been scoring points with ease, as 9 times in their 11 games this season they have been able to post 30 points or better. They have also been able to hit the 40 points or more plateau in 6 of their 11 games for the season. You would think they would have more Overs than they currently do - just 5 of their 11 have eclipsed the posted price - but that won't stop me from playing this meeting to land Over.
Dallas has actually been more of an Over team than New Orleans has, as the Cowboys have played 3 of 4, and 4 of their last 6 Over the total this season. Wide receiver Amari Cooper is starting to help get the Cowboys offense stirring, as during their 3 game winning streak, the Cowboys have posted over 26 points per game.
These Thursday night games usually favor the offense, and even though both teams played last Thursday on Thanksgiving and do not have a "short week", I will look for there to be enough offense to carry another Thursday night game Over the posted total.
Saints-Cowboys Over the total.
3* NEW ORLEANS-DALLAS OVER
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Gus Augustine
Former college hoop-star Scott Padgett has his Samford Bulldogs off to a 7-1 start to the season, the lone loss to the Big Ten's- Ohio State, 68-50 in Columbus in a game they covered as the +20 1/2 point underdogs. Pretty strong start, and pretty tempting to take them tonight as the home underdog tonight, but let's not get crazy just yet.
This is a Bulldogs team that was projected to be near the bottom of the Southern Conference standings, and they did not return any starters from last year's team that lost 137 combined games due to injury! Yeah, there is a reason they are getting a few hoops on their home floor here on Thursday night.
Belmont is fresh off another 20-wins season last year, and did play in the championship game of the OVC last March falling just short of the automatic conference bid. 3 starters are back, and head coach Rick Byrd did sign 8 freshman on a team that has come out of the gate with 5 wins in their first 5 games, and covers in all 4 lined games.
The Bruins are averaging 92 points per game so far, almost 17 points more than the Bulldogs, and they are also averaging a full 6 rebounds per game more than tonight's opponent.
Don't see any reason not to lay the road wood here on Thursday in this non-conference battle in Birmingham.
Take Belmont as the road favorite.
2* BELMONT
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Tommy Brunson
Thursday free play winner is the Kings as the small home underdog to the L.A. Clippers.
Los Angeles won their third in a row, and their 8th in their last 9 games last night, as they cruised to a 16-point home win and cover over the Phoenix Suns. Tonight they will make the short-trek up to Sacramento to face a Kings team that has been off since Sunday.
Sacramento will be looking to snap a 2 game losing slide, and they are in the perfect spot to do just that. The Kings do own a 5-4 straight up mark at home, and are 6-3 against the spread thus far this year on their home hardwood.
Sacto likes to push the pace, as they play currently at the second-highest pace in the league -104.9 possessions per game!
With the Kings idle since Sunday, they should be ready to go, go, go for all 4 quarters tonight. That pace will eventually wear Doc's Clippers down come the later stages of this game.
Kings to end their skid, and stop the Clippers win streak by doing so.
Take the points.
3* SACRAMENTO
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Golden Dragon
FREE WINNER for Thursday
Arizona -10 College BB
Hawkeye Sports
Thursday's Free Pick: Buffalo Sabres + 160
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Huddle Up Sports
Free Play: Troy -4' College BB
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Arthur Ralph
FREE play THURS: Central FLA -6 CBB
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Vegas Steam Line
Your free winner for Thursday: Take LA CLIPPERS/SACRAMENTO UNDER the total of 232
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High Stakes Syndicate
Free Selection for Thursday: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks + 8
Kenny Towers
FREE PLAY FOR THURSDAY - Indiana/LA Lakers UNDER 215½
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John Anthony Sports
Thursday's Free Selection: Winnipeg Jets - 215
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Dave Price
Nov 29 '18, 7:00 PM in 5h
NCAA-B | Alabama vs UCF
Play on: Alabama +5 -103 at 5Dimes
Dave’s Thursday Free Play:
1* on Alabama +5
The Key: Alabama has the superior talent here over UCF and I’m a little surprised they are catching points, let alone 5 points. UCF doesn’t have any real good wins against quality opponents yet. Alabama will definitely be the most talented team they have faced as both teams enter 5-1 on the season. Alabama is 11-3 ATS when failing to cover the spread in 4 or 5 of their last 6 games over the past 3 seasons. Take Alabama.
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Brandon Lee
Nov 29 '18, 7:00 PM in 5h
NCAA-B | Alabama vs UCF
Play on: UCF -5½ -110 at betonline
10* FREE NCAAB PICK (UCF -5.5)
I'll take my chances here with UCF covering at home against Alabama. I think a lot of people are going to look at this line and wonder why the Knights are getting so much respect against a Crimson Tide team that is 5-1. It's because this UCF team is the real deal and I think it's only a matter of time before they are ranked in the Top 25. The Knights won 19 games last year, despite their 3 best players (Aubrey Dawkins, Tacko Fall, and B.J. Taylor) all missing significant time. All 3 are healthy for the time being and arguably the best trio in the AAC. Don't be fooled by Alabama's win over Wichita State, as the Shockers lost basically their entire team from last year and are likely going to be in rebuilding mode for at least this season. This is hands down the best team the Tide have faced and it's also Alabama's first true road game. I fully expect the Knights to take control of this game early and win here by double-digits. Give me UCF -5.5!
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Hunter Price
Nov 29 '18, 7:05 PM in 5h
NHL | Islanders vs Bruins
Play on: Islanders +157
Larry Ness
Nov 29 '18, 7:05 PM in 5h
NHL | Wild vs Blue Jackets
Play on: Blue Jackets -120 at 5Dimes
My free play is on the Col Blue Jackets at 7:05 ET.
The Minnesota Wild are 14-8-2 and find themselves third in the Western Conference's Central Division with 30 points. The Wild coughed up a two-goal lead in a 4-3 home loss to the Coyotes on Tuesday
and now visit Columbus, which sports an identical 14-8-2 record. The Blue Jackets' 30 points leave them just one point shy of the Metropolitan-leading Washington Caps The Blue Jackets nearly squandered a pair of huge leads in Monday's 7-5 win at Detroit, having to hold off a comeback after scoring the first three goals and building a 5-1 edge.
The Wild were clearly frustrated with their effort after giving up three consecutive goals against Arizona, when they appeared to be in good position to win. The Wild players were clearly frustrated with their effort after giving up three consecutive goals when they appeared to be in good position to win. Goaltender Devan Dubnyk (9-6-2, 2.57 GAA & .916 SP) is mired in his first three-game winless drought of the season, all coming as a result of Minnesota's third-period collapses. Dubnyk owns a 10-6-3 record with a 2.35 GAA versus Columbus.
As for the Blue Jackets, center Pierre-Luc Dubois scored early in the third period on Monday, after the Red Wings had closed within one goal to make it 6-4. Defenseman Seth Jones added an empty-netter to seal the win. The future of Artemi Panarin, who will be a free agent after the season, has been a hot-button topic in Columbus but he halted a 12-game goal drought with a three-point night on Monday. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who is 7-3-0 in his last 10 games after getting off to a slow start this season, managed to pick up the victory in Detroit with 27 saves despite giving up five goals.
Columbus is at home for this game and enters 7-2-1 over a 10-game stretch that included six away contests. Sergei Bobrovsky is 8-2-1 with a 1.78 GAA versus Minnesota and I'll back the home team in this one.
Good luck...Larry
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Dustin Hawkins
Nov 29 '18, 7:35 PM in 5h
NHL | Sabres vs Lightning
Play on: Sabres +175
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Mike Lundin
Nov 29 '18, 8:05 PM in 6h
NBA | Warriors vs Raptors
Play on: OVER 226 -110
#NBA FREE PICK FROM MIKE LUNDIN
The Golden State Warriors are back to their winning ways despite remaining shorthanded, coming off three straight victories and they've averaged 119.3 ppg during that stretch. Their defense has been far from flawless though, and that could spell big trouble tonight.
Here the Warriors will face a Toronto team which does not only own the best record in the league, it is also one of the top scoring ones averaging 117.0 ppg. It has scored 122 points or more in four straight games but has also given up 107 points o more in each of those contests.
Over is 15-7 in games involving the Raptors this season and over is 5-1 in the last six meetings with the Warriors.
Free pick on OVER.
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Jack Jones
Nov 29 '18, 9:00 PM in 7h
NCAA-B | Georgia Southern vs Arizona
Play on: Arizona -9 -110 at BMaker
Jack’s Free Pick Thursday: Arizona -9
The Arizona Wildcats come in highly motivated for a victory tonight. They opened 4-0 with a big win over Iowa State, but then lost their final two games of the tournament with losses to two of the best teams in the country in Gonzaga and Auburn.
Obviously, those aren’t bad losses. And they led Gonzaga by double-digits at one point. And now they’ve had over a week off since their loss to Auburn, so they are chomping at the bit to get back on the court and get back in the win column here against Georgia Southern.
This Georgia Southern team is overvalued now after a 5-1 SU & 4-1 ATS start to the season. But they have’t beaten anyone of any significance. And now the Eagles will be playing their first true road game of the season. Plus, they’ll be playing their 2nd game in 3 days after a home loss to East Tennessee State on Tuesday.
The Wildcats have the rest, talent and motivational edge in this one that should have them winning by double-digits. Lay the points. Bet Arizona Thursday.
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Jimmy Boyd
Nov 29 '18, 10:35 PM in 8h
NBA | Pacers vs Lakers
Play on: UNDER 217 -113
1* Free Pick on Pacers/Lakers UNDER
The books have set the total way too high for Thursday's NBA action that has Lakers hosting the Pacers. Both teams should bring the intensity on the defensive side of the ball. Everyone wants to play well against LeBron and the Pacers have started out their west coast swing with back-to-back wins over Utah and Phoenix. Expect them to bring it tonight.
As for the Lakers, they are going to show up and give it their all to make sure they don't lose three in a row. It's also worth noting that while LA comes in allowing 112.9 ppg, they have been much better on that side of the ball this month. They are giving up just 102 ppg over their last 5 and will be catching the Pacers without their top playmaker in Victor Oladipo.
We know the Lakers will be without Raton Rondo for at least a couple more weeks, but they could also be without Lonzo Ball, who hurt his ankle in their last game. If Ball doesn't go, LA will have to play without a true point guard and that should slow the offense down.
UNDER is 12-3-1 in the Lakers last 16 games overall, 6-1-1 in their last 8 at home and a perfect 4-0 in their last 4 off a straight up loss. UNDER is also 20-9 in the Pacers last 29 off a SU win. Take the UNDER!
John Martin
Nov 29 '18, 10:35 PM in 8h
NBA | Clippers vs Kings
Play on: Kings +2½ -110 at Bovada
1 Unit FREE PLAY on Sacramento Kings +2.5
The Kings have a big edge in rest and preparation over the Clippers tonight that has me liking them as home underdogs in this matchup. The Clippers will be playing for a second consecutive night here after beating the Suns at home last night. The Kings have had the last three days off after last playing the Jazz at home on Sunday. The Kings are 5-4 at home this year and the Clippers are 5-5 on the road. The Kings are 8-1 ATS in their last nine games after allowing more than 125 points in their previous game. Sacramento is 16-5 ATS in its last 21 games when playing on at least three days’ rest. The Kings are 6-0 ATS in their last six Thursday games. The Clippers are 1-5 ATS in their last six road games vs. a team with a winning home record. Give me the Kings.
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